The general practitioners prescribed individual sets of vital signs to measure for each patient like blood pressure, oxygen saturation, heart rate, blood glucose, weight and ECG. These vital signs had to be measured regularly by the patients themselves or with the help of care staff or family members. The data were sent to a smartphone app via Bluetooth and were transferred to a medically certified cloud server. This whole process was fully automated. The GPs had access via a web interface to view and evaluate the data in real time.

For the physicians as well as for the patients the process brought quite a few advantages. The principle “from patient mobility to data mobility” stands for more continuity in monitoring of health data along with fewer required visits to the doctor. The physicians speak of efficient treatments due to insights into the available longterm vital data. Saving time while maintaining a high level of quality care is a core result of the study. Moreover, patients gain improved knowledge and thus a better understanding of their individual health and disease process.